By Gareth Porter Three-term Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, a member of both the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, has proposed legislation that would prohibit any U.S. assistance to terrorist organizations in Syria as well as to any organization working directly with them. Equally important, it would prohibit U.S. military sales and other forms…

Editorial Comment: While this is not the first time the Kurds have been betrayed by the US and NATO, one can always hold out hope that the YPG will finally understand the self-destructive nature of this alliance and abandon it. The US will always protect their Daesh proxies and there is no will or intention…

Editorial Comment: How many ask how it is that Russia, while fighting against US-Turkish-backed terrorism in Syria, can at the same time, be forging extensive, long-term economic ties with the Turkish state during the World Energy Congress in Istanbul? Turkey – the nation responsible for shooting down Russian jets in Syrian airspace – for murdering…

“I am the police chief who was asked to guard ISIS terrorists” By Nafeez Ahmed + Turkey’s intelligence chief, Hakan Fidan, named as member of terror group linked to al-Qaeda and ISIS + Turkish intelligence directly supplied military aid to ISIS for years + Turkish government siphoned military supplies to ISIS through humanitarian relief agency + ISIS fighters,…

Dmitry Minn The bizarrely intertwined events of the Syrian conflict are suddenly playing out in a less than logical manner, but in fact this big reversal for the Kurds – who make up about 10% of Syria’s population – is no surprise. Although they’ve not lost a single battle and have made real gains in…

Many erroneous interpretations have been developed concerning the evolution of Turkey over the last three months, particularly since the resignation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu (22 May) and the attempted military coup d’état (15 July). The false coup d’état First of all, let’s get rid of the absurdities proffered about the coup d’état. All authors…

Commentary by Kemal Okuyan, First Secretary of the Central Committee of Communist Party, Turkey The Gulenists had seized the state. This is what they say. But, the picture shows that the Gulenists are in some extent the state itself. ‘Seizing’ does not, and cannot, correspond to reality. The truth is totally the opposite. I shall…

EDAT SUR – ANF The Turkish state forces held a handover ceremony where they took the city of Jarablus from the bearded and black-clad ISIS by a military operation act launched yesterday morning, and handed the city over to the shaven, dressed up ISIS. The military operation act was nothing more than the handover of…

By Stephen Gowans What’s Left Washington is preparing to mount a campaign to transfer control of Syrian territory currently held by ISIS to rebels who operate under US influence, forming a rebel redoubt from which US proxies can continue to wage war on Damascus, and establishing the foundation of a US puppet state in Syria….